Poultry coop



H. G. COLLIS. POULTRY COOP.

APPucATloN man JUNE 5.1920.

l1,41 3,458. v Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

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POULTRY COOP.

APPLlcATloN FlLED JUNE 5.1920.

Patented Apr. 18,' 1922.

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'- T9 @ZZ-*whom t may concern: *i 1 Beit known that L'HAROLD G. CoLLis,a citizen of the UnitedV States, lresiding at Clinton, inthe count-y ofClinton and 'Statev of Iowa, have invented certain newand usefulAImprovements in- Poultry (loops, of Vwhich the following is aspecification, A

'-This invention relates to a poultrycoop formed inpart of wires whichare spaced apart a desired distance to providean Venclosure of the kindrequired. More particularly it is concerned with certain improvements bywhich the spacing of thev wires may be varied i-naccordance with therequirements of diverseconditions. As rep`` resented in the drawings andspecification to follow, the invention may be adapted to 'poultryfeeding batteries comprising a plu# Fig. 3 is a transverse section takenon line Poultry feeding coops of the kind to which this invention may beadapted are frequently combined into battery formation by superposingvarious coop units, such as are designated as en-B, C, and D, in themanner shown i inV Fig. 1. Each coop unit may be suitably' provided withdoors through which the poultry are introduced for connement,and with Ya feeding troughl() arranged usually adjacent the front side so .as,tobe laccessible to the poultry within the coop, Thecoops to which thepresent improvements are adaptable are formed 1n large part of wire barssecured to cross tie wires bywhich construction there are providedintervening. spaces of a predetermined width throughl which the poultrylare enabled tof'reach the food within the feeding troughs. It freequently happens that poultry of varying sizes require accommodation, inwhich'event the spaces between the bars or'wires should varyaccordingly, as otherwise-the smaller lowing.

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poultryv wouldY not `be heldiny confinement unlessl these spaces wereproperly'reduced.

It is, thereforejlargely with. a construction that provides foryvaryingy the width of these .spaces for; thespurpose mentioned.thatl-this invention isconcerned. a

Referringl now to Figs; 2i andv 3, wliereinis shown a fragmentaryviewof' one of thefvertical walls of the coop, thenumeral ll'designatesa horizontal angle iron which isv desirably a part of the coopVframework. l`hrou`,f:, fhY the horizontal flange 12 ofthis. angleVV arevformed aplurality of holes 13- vand M arranged'in alternation, theformer receiving 'Y Y one end of a series of fixed wires 15 and thelatter a series of loose wires 16'. Each of the fixed Wires at itsopposite end is fastened to a cross tie wire 17 preferably bybeingcurled therearound as at 18. The end of each liXed wire adjacentthe angle may be bent as at 19 to o-verlie theflange 12, and isv furthersecured as by welding to a second cross tie wire 2 0 which may underliethe flange 12, the effect being to Vhold each Xed wire rigidlyagainstvertical movements. Y

Arranged" relatively remote from the an-V gleV is `another cross tiewire 23 preferably"V connected as by welding at24 to each fixed wire 1 5formed to provide a plurality vof loops 21, one intermediate each pairoffixed wires and insubstantial alignment with the holes 14, these severalloops 21 being adapted toreceive the proximate endsof theloose n `wires,15` whose opposite ends are retained within the angle. Preferably oneend `of each loose wire isc'urled in the form of an eye 22v to *overliethe angleflange 12 andV toaford Va convenient handle fo-r its manipula-`tachablyV holding a plurality of loose wires gtion. I have thus provideda means for cle-1:

whose use is-especially desirable when it isV necessary to reduce orpartially close up the spaces intervening between the` fixed wires.

prrovements may be embodied in forms other thanthe Yprecise one hereinyshown and de-'y scribed,a1 i d accordingly it' isdesired Vthat changesor modifications in the exhibited It will be Yapparent'that the presentiml- Y jV constructioiifbe included within the scope of l Ythisinvention as definedin the claims YfolvI claim :V Y

able framework, of an anglefiron one of whose flanges iszprovided witha'pluralityof 1." Inga coop, thefcombination-with asuitspaced openingstherein, a plurality of fixed Wires entered alternately through theopenings in the angle iron, means for securing the fixed Wires againstremoval therefrom,

a cross tie wire in spaced relation to the angle iron and connected witheach fixed Wire whereby said cross tie Wire aiii'ords support thereforat points Which are remote from the angle iron, and a further tie Wirein parallelisIn with the cross tie Wire having a plurality of loops onelying Within each space interniediately of the several fixed Wires, theloops being disposed With their axes parallelwvith the fixed Wires, andplurality of loose Wires arranged in alternation with the fixed Wires,having one end of each supported Within one of the loops, and the otherWithin an opening in the angle iron, substantially as described.

2. In a coop, the combination with a suitable framework, of an angleiron one of Whose ianges is provided with a plurality of spaced openingstherein, a plurality of fixed Wires entered alternately through theopenings in the angle iron and having their proximate ends bentlaterally in overlying relation thereto, a cross tie wire in adjacentrelation to the said iiange of the angle iron but on the side thereofwhich is opposite to the bent ends ou the fixed Wires, a connectionbetween each fixed Wire and the cross tie Wire, and a second cross tieWire in spaced relation to the first and connected With another portionof Veach fixed Wire whereby said cross tie Wires afford support for eachfixed Wire at removed points, and a third tie wire in parallelism withthe other cross tie Wires, the third cross tie Wire being provided witha plurality of loops one lying Within each space intermediatelyof theseveral fixed Wires, the loops being disposed with their axes parallelwith the lixed Wires, and a plurality of loose Wires arranged inalternation with the fixed wires, having one end of each supportedWithin one of the loops, and the other Within an opening in theangleviron, substantially is described. Y

HAROLD G. COLLIS.

